2G Tuesdays: How Facebook Addresses Users With Slower Connections
Don’t judge a man until you walk a mile in his shoes, and don’t judge a Facebook user until you spend a Tuesday using his or her connection speed.
Don’t judge a man until you walk a mile in his shoes, and don’t judge a Facebook user until you spend a Tuesday using his or her connection speed.
Emerging markets product manager Chris Marra used an engineering blog post to explain the concept of 2G Tuesdays, in which Facebook employees work on Internet connections that simulate the speed of 2G connections.
Marra wrote:
People are coming online at a fast rate in emerging markets. In most cases, they are doing so on mobile via 2G connections.
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